Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JUSTIN PARKER, also known as “Tre," 31, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
According to court documents and statements made in court, PARKER was identified as a large-scale distributor of heroin in the greater New Haven area. On multiple occasions between January and March 2016, PARKER sold heroin to an ATF agent working in an undercover capacity. When investigators first attempted to arrest him on March 30, 2016, PARKER fled the scene and was observed discarding what appeared to be packets of heroin out of the window of his vehicle. He was apprehended the next day at a hotel in Milford.
After his arrest, PARKER admitted that he had thrown five “bricks" (250 bags) of heroin from his car window when he fled from law enforcement.
PARKER has been detained since his arrest on March 31, 2016. On May 4, 2017, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 grams or more of heroin.
This matter was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the New Haven Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jocelyn Courtney Kaoutzanis and Peter D. Markle.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
